Edie Falco Quotes (26 Quotes)

When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.

There were a lot of times I wondered if I was deluding myself. I had nothing else to fall back on, but I never enjoyed anything else.

I was here when it happened. I need more time, but that's just me. I'm personally not ready for it.

I was very happy living a normal existence in New York, having my circle of friends. I lived very anonymously for 12 years prior to The Sopranos.

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

Nobody signed anything to watch this as long as it's on the air. If they find something else, God bless them.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

I don't know. I would never want to know. I wish I didn't know that we were ending when we're ending because I have this sort of gravity about the time I'm spending with these people I love that I wish I didn't have. But it's inevitable.

And hey-the psychiatrist in the show is Italian also. So people are going to focus on what they want to focus on. There's not much you can do about that.

It's far too nerve-racking at this hour of the morning.

I've said many times I would do this for a long time.

I've watched those shows my whole life - being on one is like a dream. It's hard to balance that dream with the fact that this is the Edie I've known my whole life.

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

We have inadvertantly created the perfect working environment. They make me want to be better than last time.

I spent a long time doing independent films, and Id like to think Im not getting cast because of the show, but because Im right for the role.

To some extent, she did. She knew who he was, and I think that was part of what excited her about him. She didn't know exactly what she was signing up for, maybe she didn't know how it would feel to be living this life. But she was not blind to what was going to be happening.

Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

I think people can relate to a lot of these characters. They say, 'Oh, I am sort of like that, and my kids go through stuff like that, and I had to deal with that.' And then Tony Soprano goes and kills somebody.

That's the difference between she and I. I'm very happy not knowing, but she would prefer to have an idea of what's ahead. She also knows that in dealing with him you take what you can get.

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.

Not one, no, not even a single one. ... People have been shot for less on my show.

It's hard to notice things without people noticing me and that takes some getting used to.

So we're all in denial. But we've also got a long way to go.

I have believed him each time before, and I really believe him this time. I think he's done, by the fact that they were only able to squeeze eight more out of him.